New President and CEO for DataVis

2002-08-19

Åke Engquist has been appointed as the new President and CEO of Ratos's associated company DataVis. Åke Engquist has been working in the IT and telecom industry since 1980, most recently with Teleca AU-System where he headed the Enterprise Infrastructure business unit.

"As CEO designate Åke Engquist's assignment is to continue the streamlining of DataVis and to create a more focused range of services," says Bo Jungner, who is responsible for DataVis at Ratos. "In view of his excellent record, the board of DataVis reckons that together with the rest of the management team he should be well placed to restore DataVis to profitability and growth."

DataVis focuses its operations on development and efficiency enhancement of customers' business activities through qualified solutions within systems development, systems integration, technology related services and competence development. Customers are medium-sized and large companies primarily in the trading, industrial, public administration and telecom sectors. The Group's sales totalled SEK 215m in 2001.